Genus Deltochilum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Dung Beetle ? - Deltochilum gibbosum - female

Deltochilum gibbosum gibbosum - Deltochilum gibbosum - male

It takes two... Deltochilum gibbosum - Deltochilum gibbosum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Tribe Canthonini

Genus Deltochilum

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

gibbosus is incorrect. Should be gibbosum.

Numbers

Nearctica.com and Arnett (1) list two North American species in genus. (They are gibbosus [sic] and scabriusculum.)

Range

D. gibbosum - TX-KY-NC-FL

D. scabriusculum - southmost Texas south to Costa Rica

Food

Coprophagous

Print References

Barney, R. J. 1980. First report of Deltochilum gibbosum gibbosum (F.) in Illinois (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 34(1): 84.

Howden, H.F. 1966. Notes on the Canthonini of the Biologia Centrali-Americana and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 725-741.

Howden, H.F. & P.O. Ritcher. 1952. Biology of Deltochilum gibbosum (Fab.) with a description of the larva. Coleopterists' Bulletin 6(4): 53-57.

Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219. (2)

Internet References

Species from Costa Rica rolling a dung ball.

D. valgum, from neotropics, preys on millipedes!

Biologia Centrali-Americana--plate with illustration of four species, including D. lobipes, which looks identical to D. gibbosum.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae By Paul O. Ritcher. 1966.

Contributed by Cotinis on 2 July, 2004 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 December, 2008 - 11:40am

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